The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-05
BALF0UG N BIRMINGHAM
HE SpGAIcs no a CLUr3 AND THEN
TO T'HE yaOPLE.

I
Gladstone $ Course on the Irish ana
Dis-sstablisAment Questions Criti-
cised VIII Sarcsstic Bitterness The
Participants N the Midnight Meet
ing ar 'vocGGord to be Prosecuted.
bCBIIN, Nov. the government is re-
so'ved to prosecuve all persons who took
part IA the mlni .'ho neeting at Woodtord
on SUNDAY oct .6, NJ which the proc,anla-
ton OF the iori Lieuto, ant fo'hddmg the
meeting was hrirp.d Among those To I've
prosecute arc rlemters of Parliament
James RoNuhlnds, r. F. Gill and Davis
Sbeany and Nr Osnneby, Secretary to the
: Lord Mayor Of Dublin.
Nj Coz Member of Parliament failed
| TO appear to-day at court il answer to "A
summons for attending proclaim ed meet
ings in County Clare, and warrant for his
arrest has been issued.
BALFoUR AT BIRMINGHAM.
| LONDON, Nov 4.-Nr. Balfour, Chief
Secretary for Ireland, went to Birmingham
to-day and attended the first annual meet
! ing of the Midland Conservative Union. He
was accompanied 10y detectives and the
Chief of the Lexington police. At Blr-
mington armed detectives were posted at
the depot TO watch for suspicious characters
| Mr. BalfOur received curing the day a
hundred addresses from Conservative Asso-
J Citations, and in thanking the deputations
/ which brought them he gave assurance that
the government were resolved TO proceed
! boldly and firmly with the work they had
taken il hand in Ireland, and bringing it to
q GOOD conclusion.
He admitted that the task was a difficult
! one, hut bold that il was perfectly possible
and capsh Of successful accomplishment
Certain incidents in Ireland had caused
some # their friends misgivings, but these
incidents were due, not to lack of resolution
| on the pert )f the government, but TO de
fects in the law, which had never contem-
! plated the present system of organized pOpu
! IN rebt lliCn.
At THE TOWN HALL.
Mr. t'alfom addressed a large and enthu-
/ slastic audience at the Town Hall this even
| ing. He said he hoped that at the next ses
sion of Parliament England and Scotland
would get q fair share of the legislation.
Still tie IRISH question would remain the
forem Jst problem in the mind Of every one
who took an interest in the fortunes of his
country. lie had noticed that Mr.
Gladstone. tHooting and cries of
CHIPS" and laughterl although he
/
| islation, did not appear TO ts le very
lively interest in it hinself. Exc nrt as re
cards the offer of thu pluadern- of tbe
Scottish and " elsh c.,ur, beS as a nr rile for
di5neH bcirent Of the einl1Fe, NJ Glad
stone displayed ltjle interest in ~ yJH'uF
except the lT1sh Juettion, and no lLhH .lPi
I done more 70 mike it impossible TO sgr 9le
would be his Balfour's) topic tonight The
question was not whether Ireland
was - be governed Uad sr her
| own or an English Parliament. but
whether she was to be &C. 'erned at all in
accordance with any OF those principles
which had hitherto regula.e1 the action of
every civilized State ~ tn world.
[CHeersl
THE EVENTS OF 1855.
Referring 10 the events Of the winter of
1885 he compared tne Liberal party to
those barDaric ancestors who got bap-
tized because their King embraced Chris
tianitT. One morning Mr.. Glad
stone announced himself Home
Ruler, and forthwith large see
tion of the Liberals declared themselves
home rulers. COndemning Ar Gladstone's
inconsistency, and his present tactics Mr..
bu:four declared that not one of the evic-
tions NOW happening could have beer pre-
vented even If the amenGui51t whIcL Mr..
trladstOne wanted had been inserted AZ tbs
and bil. Mr. Gladstone's criticisms on
nod legislation were strange indeec,
ecming frCiJ man who for sixteen o.
-' tntsau yesrs had fruitleSsly t.ahsred
wilt the question.
H'TCHELiSTOwN'S RIOT
In regard 70 the Jahappy affair. at
Mitcheilst8Ws, Nr Glai5toao Tad attacked
him (3alfou srs 'nally 20. act listening to
these attacks on uiei sho spent their 4 rs
i-l a Cf AA las "a Il. Of
accmacies had ptrsu = Nr Gladstone even
- his assertions on tNIs 'iect. but u WIS
unhecessaiv Y to Cpter intc 3 1s rs in justity-
ing the police. IL, as the Ma, nalistS alC
Mr. Gladstone delighted 10 say ha police
were defeated aDd routed. t,eliJ any
ICries of "Oh."l The +ruth was = he
Nstionalists, including n, Gladstone d
choose upon which horse theJ will ride. L.
they choose to triumph in tic da,eat OF the
police, let them not blame the pclice for
firing in self defense. II they choose 70 cay
the police were brutal butchers, AMI ,hat
they fired without cause, let us hear 10
more of this indirect triumph in
their defeat. [Cheers.l NJ Gladstone's at
tack on the character Of Constable YYheiehan
who was murdered by a noonlighter, was
the most monStrous of all of his assertions,
and ought to cause shame 10 his followers
The statement that the police had paid an
lntOrnlef previous 10 planning the outrage
was totally untrue. In comparison the num-
ber of meetings proclaimed by the Conser-
vative was much less than during Mr..
Gladstones administration. Mr. Balfour
said he intended TO stop speakers
who directly advocated crime, but
to tolerate those who only talk q
nonsense. Lord Spencer moved uneasily in
Parnellite livery, but Mr.. Gladstone, as if
''to the manor born" He concluded by
a statement that steady application of the
present policy of the government, would re-
suit in the Irish becoming enthusiastic and
loyal supporters of an empire which they,
by their virtues, upheld and adorned.
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